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  • (Preview) What’s at Stake for China in Iran; Canada’s PM in Beijing; Notes on Chips, Apps, and Drones

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  • Intel and AMD to Collaborate on x86, A History of Intel and AMD, ARM and AI

    Wednesday, October 16, 2024

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    Intel and AMD are coming together to evolve x86; this is a shock given their history, but not a surprise given their reality.


  • An Interview with Ben Bajarin About Smartphones, AI, and Intel

    Thursday, September 5, 2024

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    An interview with Ben Bajarin about AI’s impact on the smartphone market, including the differing strategies between Apple and Google. Then, a long discussion about what to do about Intel.


  • An Interview with Arm CEO Rene Haas

    Thursday, January 11, 2024

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    An interview with Arm CEO Rene Haas about building subsystems on the leading edge and evolving Arm’s business model.


  • Instacart IPO, Instacart Conflict, Arm’s IPO Pop

    Tuesday, September 19, 2023

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    Instacart is two different companies in one: the tech company is dependent on but in some respects in conflict with the logistics one. Then, ARM pops.


  • Arm’s F-1, Arm’s Risks, Arm’s Price

    Wednesday, August 23, 2023

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    Arm’s F-1 is out, and while there is a reasonable plan for growth, its hard to justify the price Softbank is hoping for.


  • An Interview with Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon

    Thursday, May 11, 2023

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    An interview with Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon about his history at the company, why Qualcomm is more than a mobile company, and why semiconductors are the future.


  • An Interview With Jay Goldberg About the Chip Slowdown, Intel and Nvidia, and the CHIPS Act

    Thursday, August 25, 2022

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    An Interview With Jay Goldberg About the Chip Slowdown, Intel and Nvidia, and the CHIPS Act, plus Nvidia’s perfect storm, the importance of software versus chip design, and why Goldberg is so optimistic about ARM in the data center.


  • An Interview with “Father of the iPod” Tony Fadell

    Thursday, May 5, 2022

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    An interview with Tony Fadell about the iPod, iPhone, Apple’s history with Samsung, Nest, the future of ARM, and his new book “Build”.


  • An Interview with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang about Manufacturing Intelligence

    Monday, March 28, 2022

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    An Interview with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang about the history of Nvidia, manufacturing intelligence, and how GPUs undergird Aggregation Theory.


  • Peloton’s Operations, Intel Buys Tower Semiconductor, What Now for ARM (plus Intel + RISC-V)

    Tuesday, February 15, 2022

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    One more point on Peloton’s poor operations, then more news from the chip industry: Intel makes an acquisition and ARM is on its own.


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    Greatest Of All Talk | Jan 12
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  • An Interview with United CEO Scott Kirby About Tech Transformation

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